linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 3/4] evm: Align evm_inode_init_security() definition with LSM infrastructure

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:55:41 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...weicloud.com>,
        dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com, paul@...l-moore.com, jmorris@...ei.org,
        serge@...lyn.com, stephen.smalley.work@...il.com,
        eparis@...isplace.org, casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, kpsingh@...nel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        nicolas.bouchinet@...p-os.org,
        Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 3/4] evm: Align evm_inode_init_security() definition
 with LSM infrastructure

On Sat, 2023-06-10 at 09:57 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
> 
> Change the evm_inode_init_security() definition to align with the LSM
> infrastructure. Keep the existing behavior of including in the HMAC
> calculation only the first xattr provided by LSMs.
> 
> Changing the evm_inode_init_security() definition requires passing the
> xattr array allocated by security_inode_init_security(), and the number of
> xattrs filled by previously invoked LSMs.
> 
> Use the newly introduced lsm_get_xattr_slot() to position EVM correctly in
> the xattrs array, like a regular LSM, and to increment the number of filled
> slots. For now, the LSM infrastructure allocates enough xattrs slots to
> store the EVM xattr, without using the reservation mechanism.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>

Thanks, Roberto!

Acked-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>